Finian's has centre stage all to himself
When Wishfull Thinking crashed through a fence, a rail and into photographers with a circuit remaining of the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the knock-on effect was for the obstacle to be bypassed and to leave Finian’s Rainbow fighting off Sizing Europe on the run-in.
Mercifully this Grade One was incident-free and even a first try chasing at two a half miles was not enough to thwart Nicky Henderson’s maturing nine-year-old, who could be asked to tackle even longer distances next season with his much-vaunted stablemate Sprinter Sacre pencilled in for the shortest division.
